Santa Fe High School pitcher, UH baseball commit OK after being shot in head

Rome Shubert, who has committed to playing baseball at the University of Houston, was shot in the back of the head. He later tweeted he was "completely okay and stable" and was released from the hospital.

Author:
Levi Ismail, KHOU.com Staff

Published:
5:19 PM CDT May 18, 2018

Updated:
9:00 AM CDT May 21, 2018

SANTA FE, Texas - Doctors are left baffled after a bullet flies through the head of a Santa Fe High School student, who manages to recover only hours later.

It’s a surreal feeling speaking with sophomore Rome Shubert, knowing he was millimeters away from not being here.

The bullet missed every major artery and his family says they’re simply grateful for the miracle.

Sitting on his porch Friday afternoon, Rome still had his medical wristband and a bandages soaked in blood. He tells us just 12 hours earlier, he threw 11 strikeouts in six innings for his school baseball team.

Of course you would be exhausted, but here he is clutching his baseball, knowing his exceptional career could have come to an end before it even began.

The family may never shake the feeling that someone could have been done. One miracle saved their son, but ton others should never have been in harms way.“We have to change as a country. We’re too great as a country. We have to make our kids priority,” Sheri said.

Shubert does have some tissue damage, but doctors say other than that, he’s been cleared. He’s verbally committed to play baseball for the University of Houston and says he’s just ready to get back on the mound.

University of Houston baseball tweeted condolences to the Santa Fe students Friday afternoon.

From the Houston Baseball family, we share our deepest condolences to all those affected by the tragic event today at Santa Fe High School.